United States of America President Donald Trump has called on Europe to pay yearly reparations to the US.
He disclosed this in an interview video released recently by CNN.
He hinted that his tariff announcement has attracted investment negotiations to the US.
Trump, however, stressed that Europe needs to pay the US a lot of money yearly as reparations.
“We take their cars—Mercedes, Volkswagen, BMW. We take their millions of cars. They don’t take anything from us.
“We put a big tariff on Europe. They are coming to the table. They want to talk, but there’s no talk unless they pay us a lot of money on a yearly basis, number one for the present but also for the past,” he said.
This comes as Trump’s administration’s announcement on April 2, 2025, sparked a global trade war.
Trump’s administration announced a 25 percent tariff on all automobile imports, which became a major blow to European countries.
While leaders across the world have condemned Trump’s tariff, the administration has maintained that the decision was to close the imbalances in world trade.
Recall that Jaguar Land Rover, in a statement at the weekend, announced a plan to pause all shipments to the US.
